Example sentences for: fountain

How can you use “fountain” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In fact, the fountain was completed several years before Borromini’s splendid — and structurally impeccable — façade and dome.

  • The Patio de los Leones, whose name derives from the splashing fountain in the center upheld by 12 stone lions, the Torre de las Damas (Tower of the Ladies), and the old bath area are of particular interest also.

  • The intersection of Via Vittorio Emanuele and Via Maqueda is the town’s historic center, Quattro Canti (Four Corners), in a characteristic setting of two great Baroque churches (San Giuseppe dei Teatini and Santa Caterina), the monumental 16th-century Pretoria Fountain by a Florentine sculptor, and the piazza of the same name.

  • In the center, Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers (Fontana dei Fiumi) celebrates the great rivers of the four continents: the Americas (Río de la Plata), Europe (Danube), Asia (Ganges), and Africa (Nile).

  • On a hot day, kids play under the fountain at the Frog Pond (without frogs nowadays and once said to be a place for dunking witches).


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